Cloud computing is a nebulous concept. It means one thing to one person and something else to another. A team of computer scientists at the National Association of Standards and Technology (NIST) has ...

After years in the works and 15 drafts, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) working definition of cloud computing, the 16th and final definition has been published as The NIST ...

A working definition for cloud computing—a new computer technique with potential for achieving significant cost savings and information technology agility—has been released by a team of computer ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting public comments on its most complete cloud computing guide to date. The guide, NIST Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations, ...

The cloud computing research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comments on a draft of its most complete guide to cloud computing to date. NIST ...

In an attempt to clear up some of the confusion around cloud computing, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has unveiled a guide that explains cloud technologies in “plain terms” to ...

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is going to weigh in on cloud computing and has started by working on a definition of what cloud computing is. While it hasn’t officially released ...

This NIST graphic, taken from the new draft security reference architecture, illustrates the capabilities of cloud computing in various contexts. The National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

Seven months after its launch, the Open Data Center Alliance has published and released eight usage models that define IT requirements for cloud adoption and a vision for cloud computing. The models ...